A105789 L Cpl. Jack Alexander,
“A” Coy., No. 9 Plt.,
1st Btn. Erockville Rifles,
Sydney, N.S.
V-72G08 D. A. Barclay,
H.M.C.S. Star,
Hamilton. Ont.
Capt. Chas. H. Barrett,
H.Q. 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade,
Canadian Army Overseas.
R183937 Sgt. Robert Burn,
No. 3 P.R.C.,
R.C.A.F. Overseas.
A64172 Pte. John Cain,
No. 1 Cdn. Convalescent Depot,
B.N.A.F
Canadian Army Overseas.
P/O Earl Constant,
No. 1 G.R.S.,
Summerside, P.E.I.
A105806 Pte. Wm. cox,
No. 1 C.S.R.U.,
Canadian Army Overseas.
A89015 Pte. Karl Cusack,
3rd Canadian Inf. Troops, W/S,
R.C.O.C.,
Canadian Army Overseas.
A105843 Pte. John Durnford,
“E” Coy., 2Bn.,
1 C.B.R.D. – C.A.,
B.N.A.F. — C.M.F.
A108865 Sigmn. Gordon Davis,
M.P.O. 312,
Barriefield, Ont.
B84186 Pte. Edmonds, W. G.,
No. 4 C.I.R.U.
Canadian Army Overseas.
R-173353 LAC. Fleishhauer, L. G.,
C.A.P.O. No. 5,
R.C.A.F. Overseas.
A61133 Pte. Jack Greig,
“C” Coy., Irish Regt. of Canada,
Central Mediterranean Forces,
Canadian Army Overseas.
S.B. Chief Petty Officer Robert Johnson,
c/o R.C.N.,
H.M.C.S. Protector.
Point Edward, N.S.
It is quite some time since I last wrote to you, but you know how it is. I keep putting it off until tomorrow, however, I have finally gotten around to it.
First I want to thank you for the smokes and mill paper that I have been receiving each month. Since landing in Italy, I have been out of cigarettes except for the issue from the army which isn’t very many. On Wednesday I received the September shipment of smokes from D. W. & W. and were they ever welcome. Well you can guess just how welcome they were. It took them a long time to get here but the most important thing is that they arrived. I received the September edition of the paper before leaving England.
This is quite a country over here. It is so different from Canada. The town we are in at present is not too bad and the people look rather well dressed. But in some of the towns and especially the larger places where there has been a lot of fighting I have seen some awful looking sights. You would not believe it unless you saw it with you own eyes. I thought England was hard hit in places but it was nothing like what I saw in one city over here.
I think the only thing they grow over here is olives and grapes. At least in the district that we are in that is all. There is no limit to the wine over here. You can go into nearly any doorway and buy it. Some of it is very good too. . . And there are all kinds of nuts, almonds, walnuts, and peanuts. Some places you can get a pail full of shelled almonds for only a few lire. A lire is worth about a cent in Canadian money.
Well I will close for this time, but I want to thank you again for the smokes and paper. I look forward to getting the paper to keep up with the happenings at the mill and around home.
Wishing the D. W. & W. and all its employees the best of luck.
Yours sincerely
B130579 Pte. George Aitken,
H.Q. 11th C.I.B.
(C.A.) C.M.F.